1-1 By: Patterson S.B. No. 751
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 1995; February 27, 1995,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; May 1, 1995,
1-4 reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote: Yeas 9,
1-5 Nays 0; May 1, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Ellis
1-7 Amend S.B. No. 751 as follows:
1-8 Strike SECTION 1 of the bill and substitute the following:
1-9 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 6.03, Tax Code, is
1-10 amended to read as follows:
1-11 (a) The appraisal district is governed by a board of five
1-12 directors. To be eligible to serve on the board of directors, an
1-13 individual must be a resident of the district and must have resided
1-14 in the district for at least two years immediately preceding the
1-15 date the individual takes office. To be eligible to serve on the
1-16 board of an appraisal district established for a county having a
1-17 population of at least 100,000 but not more than 200,000 bordering
1-18 the United Mexican States <a county having a population of at least
1-19 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico>, an individual must be a member
1-20 of the governing body or an elected officer of a taxing unit
1-21 entitled to vote on the appointment of board members under this
1-22 section. However, an employee of a taxing unit that participates
1-23 in the district is not eligible to serve on the board unless the
1-24 individual is also a member of the governing body or an elected
1-25 official of a taxing unit that participates in the district.
1-26 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-27 AN ACT
1-28 relating to the qualifications of a member of the board of
1-29 directors of an appraisal district.
1-30 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-31 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 6.03, Tax Code, is
1-32 amended to read as follows:
1-33 (a) The appraisal district is governed by a board of five
1-34 directors. To be eligible to serve on the board of directors, an
1-35 individual must be a resident of the district and must have resided
1-36 in the district for at least two years immediately preceding the
1-37 date the individual takes office. An <To be eligible to serve on
1-38 the board of an appraisal district established for a county having
1-39 a population of at least 200,000 bordering a county having a
1-40 population of at least 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico, an
1-41 individual must be a member of the governing body or an elected
1-42 officer of a taxing unit entitled to vote on the appointment of
1-43 board members under this section. However, an> employee of a
1-44 taxing unit that participates in the district is not eligible to
1-45 serve on the board unless the individual is also a member of the
1-46 governing body or an elected official of a taxing unit that
1-47 participates in the district.
1-48 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act in the
1-49 qualifications of members of the board of directors of an appraisal
1-50 district do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on a
1-51 board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue
1-52 to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's term. The
1-53 changes in law apply only to a member appointed on or after the
1-54 effective date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person
1-55 who is a member of the board on the effective date of this Act from
1-56 being reappointed to the board if the person has the qualifications
1-57 required for a member under the Tax Code as amended by this Act.
1-58 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996.
1-59 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-60 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-61 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-62 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-63 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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